James Cleverly tried to introduce Kemi Badenoch’s ‘best bits’ and the fail that followed was magnificently on-point

John Plunkett. Updated March 19th, 2026

Spare a thought – only kidding – for James Cleverly, the one-time Tory party leadership wannabe who was given the job of introducing Kemi Badenoch at the Convservatives’ local election launch.

The warm-up man’s build-up included a video of Badenoch’s ‘best bits’ but it’s fair to say it didn’t go entirely to plan.

And it turned out to be more accurate than he could ever have imagined.

🚨 WATCH: James Cleverly tries to play a “best bits” compilation of Kemi Badenoch but gives up after it repeatedly won’t work at the Tories’ local election launch pic.twitter.com/v0nrFhgrLL

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) March 19, 2026

And these people surely said it best.

The Tory Party has become a parody of itself. https://t.co/XOEpje6vas

— Zia Yusuf (@ZiaYusufUK) March 19, 2026

I think it worked fine. https://t.co/Y7FlPpolQP

— Jonathan Brash MP (@JonathanBrash) March 19, 2026

Sums up the Tories and Badenoch 🤣🤣 https://t.co/1nRaJD5wt5

— dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 (@dave43law) March 19, 2026

Tories just aren’t working anymore. https://t.co/dataMhzCiG

— Goosey (@Goosey30111568) March 19, 2026

Oh dear 😆 https://t.co/nEZtFemXLi

— Alex Armstrong (@Alexarmstrong) March 19, 2026

To conclude …

Hey Siri, show me what the death of the Conservative Party looks like. https://t.co/UIdC5PO7IX

— Luke Charters MP (@lukejcr) March 19, 2026

Source @PolitlcsUK